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Changelog

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) v1.0.0 was released on October 17, 2022. Since then, there have been 78 major releases (e.g. 1.1.0 ) and 146 minor releases (e.g. 4.9.1), for a total of 224 releases.

Each major release usually corresponds with the addition of one new module/feature. Each module/feature usually is the equivalent of one (or more) single-purpose plugin. Each minor release usually contain one or more bugfix or improvements to existing modules/features.

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7.8.8 (2025.04.28) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager:
    • Implemented code snippets export and import via ASE settings page's "Export | Import" panel. Props to Philippe G., Tanguy, Nicolas M., Dennis M., Jeremy L., Yasuyoshi T., Daniel, Simon and Hoang Hxn for suggesting this improvement.
    • Fixed an issue where PHP snippets that contains certain code was being truncated upon saving. Props to Markus F. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
    • Fixed an issue where PHP snippets that contains certain code was being malformed upon saving, causing the snippet to churn out an error. Props to Emile V. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
    • Fixed an issue where snippet description editor is not loaded properly in the snippet edit screen. Props to Jim R. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
    • Fixed a JS error when editing PHP snippet.
    • Fixed PHP warning that occurs when saving a JS snippet with certain options
  • [IMPROVED and FIXED in Free and Pro] ASE Settings:
    • ASE Free and Pro: Implement modules live search, so you can more easily and quickly get to the module settings you need. Props to wpman, Todd, Max Z. and Nathan I. for prompting this improvement.
    • ASE Pro: Fixed an issue where settings can not be imported when Admin Menu Organizer module is not enabled. Props to Hoang Hxn. for reporting the issue.
    • ASE Pro: Fixed an issue where translations are not properly loaded when the Form Builder module is enabled. Props to Hoang Hxn. for reporting the issue.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Disable Components >> CAPTCHA Protection >> Comment Form: make sure CAPTCHA assets are not loaded when commenting is allowed on an individual post while disabled for the entire post type via the Disable Comments module.
  • [CHANGED in Free and Pro] Translations: make sure that translations are always loaded from the included .mo files. Props to Hoang Hxn for prompting this improvement.
  • [IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder:
    • Added custom CSS for email templates. Props to Mathijs v.d.B. for prompting this improvement.
    • Fixed an issue where form preview are devoid of any styling after v7.8.7 release. Props to John E. for prompting the fix.
    • Fixed an issue where form inserted with the form block in the block editor is devoid of any styles. Props to John E. for prompting this fix.
    • Added new error message for the upload field when the PHP tmpfile() function is disabled / not available, which will cause uploads to fail. Props to Eric L. for propmting this improvement.
    • Fixed PHP warnings when sending test emails.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types: added a warning message when rendering the [post_cf_form] shortcode in edit mode but no post ID has been set.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Log In/Out & Register >> Change Login URL: fixed a conflict with Gravity Forms causing the file upload field, when set to upload multiple files, to fail with a JS error. Props to Henry R. for reporting the issue.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 31 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • ASE Free: updated Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Spanish (Chile), Spanish (Spain), Slovak, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Indonesian, Dutch, Chinese (Taiwan).
      • ASE Pro: updated Romanian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Vietnamese.

7.8.7 (2025.04.21) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [SECURITY FIX in Free and Pro] Custom Code >> Insert <head>, <body> and <footer> Code fixed Stored XSS vulnerability reported by @ha1s3nb3rgg.
  • [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Password Protection:
    • ASE Pro: Color of the "View Content" button will now follow the one set in the Login Page Customizer module. Props to Sébastien B. for propmpting this improvement.
    • ASE Pro: Added advanced options section to set custom label for password field and submit button. Props to Sébastien B. for propmpting this improvement.
    • ASE Free and Pro: Error messages are now internationalized, i.e. translatable. Props to Sébastien B. for propmpting this improvement.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups:
    • Date field format will now be honored when displaying a date field in Breakdance builder. Props to Radoslaw B. for the detailed reporting of the issue which includes environment data, current vs expected behaviour, technical details and steps to reproduce the issue.
    • "Line Break" label when a line break field is inside a repeater will no longer show up in the edit screen.
    • The 'Instructions' option when editing a "Line Break" field will no longer be displayed.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode: added an option to insert custom <head> code, which is useful, for example, to load custom web fonts, e.g. Google Fonts. The font can then be used in the Custom CSS section for styling the text on the maintenance page. Props to Bent F. for prompting this improvement.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Media Categories: the categories tree state are now saved and will be shown upon reopening the media library or after drag-and-dropping media items to a category / sub-category. Props to Jeroen, Nicola and Ramyt I. for prompting this improvement.
  • [IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder:
    • Form scripts and styles will now only be loaded on pages where a form is being shown. Props to Mathijs v.d.B. for prompting this improvement.
    • Fixed an issue where ALTCHA field was not working properly. Props to John E. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Log In/Out & Register >> Change Login URL: fixed a bug where uploading a file on the frontend in Gravity Forms by a non-logged-in user fails due to recent security fix in Change Login URL. Props to Bernd for reporting the issue with sufficient technical details.
  • [FIXED in Pro] ASE Settings Export / Import will now include the settings for the Admin Menu Organizer module after recent change where the module settings has moved into it's own admin page. Props to Hoang Hxn for reporting the issue.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager: fixed an issue where sortable Meta Box columns were not shown as sortable due to recent changes in how Meta Box AIO started including the Meta Box framework. Props to David D. for reporting the issue and facilitating troubleshooting.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator: fixed an issue where email address was not automatically obfuscated in an Elementor text widget. Props to Linda H. for reporting the issue.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Display System Summary: added potential fix to prevent error when calculating varioius folder sizes. Props to @jh for reporting the issue and facilitating troubleshooting.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Show Custom Taxonomy Filters: fix an issue where search is broken for posts while filter(s) for non-hierarchical taxonomies are enabled. Props Grzegorz K. for reporting the issue.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 31 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • ASE Free: Updated Vietnamese, Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, German, Dutch, Danish.
      • ASE Pro: Updated Vietnamese, Hungarian.

7.8.6 (2025.04.14) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Enhance List Tables: the Last Modified column will now use the date and time format set in Settings >> General. Props to @st3phan5 for suggesting this.
  • [IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types:
    • added integration of the repeater field into Elementor Pro. This is done via the Loop Builder widget and the Loop Item template. View documentation for more details. Please test and open a support ticket if you see any bugs / issues.
    • improve the [cf] shortcode for gallery field when using the grid output so each thumbnail now links to the full size image URL. Props to Synapse A.I. S.L. for propmting this improvement.
    • fixed an issue introduced in v7.8.5 where the WYSIWYG field can not be resized when editing a post. Props to Stach R. for reporting the issue.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Log In/Out & Register >> Change Login URL: fix PHP warning as reported by @sgiberson.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Clean Up Admin Bar: fixed PHP deprecation notices. Props to Pierre G. for reporting the issue.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 31 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • ASE Free: Updated Vietnamese, Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, German, Dutch, Danish.
      • ASE Pro: Updated Vietnamese, Hungarian.

7.8.5.1 (2025.04.08) - ASE Free

  • [FIXED in Free] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer: fixed an issue where saving changes in the new Admin Menu Organizer settings page (Settings >> Admin Menu) resulted in a 400 (bad request) HTML error. Props to @mrmatteastwood, @wikis, @anamazon, @tazmandev and @overspeed99 for swiftly reporting the issue and sharing details that led to this fix.

7.8.5 (2025.04.07) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Security >> CAPTCHA Protection: add an Advanced Options section for ALTCHA where you can set custom text for the different steps in the verification process. This can be useful if you need to quickly translate the default text. Props to @betaplus, Linda H. and Marcellus J. for prompting this improvement.
  • [IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder:
    • Added an option to hide the form after successful submission. This can be configured under form Settings >> Confirmation >> Confirmation Type >> Success Message. Props to Ignazio D.M. for prompting this improvement.
    • Fixed layout issues on style template editor. Fixed style editor not being full-width and the Publish button being contained in wide white box.
  • [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Log In/Out & Register >> Change Login URL: added handling for an issue when Gravity Forms is active and someone tries to open a URL that contains the gf_page parameter, e.g. to preview a form, while not being logged-in, it would then redirect to the custom login URL. That will now be prevented and the user will be redirected to the homepage instead. Props to Coan Z. for reporting this.
  • [CHANGED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer: moved the admin menu settings to a separate Admin Menu page/item under Settings. This will help prevent an issue where saving changes to ASE settings failed as reported by @BooMeranGz. This also improves the usability of the menu organizer for sites with lots of menu items, especially when drag-and-dropping menu item to reposition it.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Log In/Out & Register >> Last Login Column: fixed conflict with WPGridBuilder causing user filtering to not work properly in WPGridBuilder. Props to Stuart McK. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Content Managmenent >> Media Categories:
    • fixed an issue where a PHP notice, "Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly", was being triggerred in a certain scenario. Props to Wilbert S. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
    • fixed a fatal error that occurs in a certain scenario when Breakdance is active and a logged-in user is trying to view the frontend. Props to Darren L. for reporting it and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 31 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • ASE Free: updated Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Spansih (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Indonesian, Hungarian, German, Dutch
      • ASE Pro: updated Vietnamese. Special kudos to Hoang Hxn for the huge work of translating the new Form Builder module!

7.8.4 (2025.03.31) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups:
    • Added frontend submission form via shortcode. Documentation has been added. Please test and open a support ticket if you find any issue / bug.
    • Added insert_post_cf() to create a new post and set custom field values. Documentation has been added.
    • Enable updating repeater field value with update_cf(). Documentation has been added.
    • Improved update_cf() function to accommodate more data formats for various field types, including ability to use externally hosted files/images for the file and gallery fields. More info in the documentation. As of this v7.8.4, this can be considered stable enough for production sites. That said, please open a support ticket if you discover any issues / bugs.
    • Added Output Format option for Date, Time, Radio, Select and Checkbox fields. This can be overridden by manually setting an output format in get_cf(), the_cf() or the [cf] shortcode.
    • get_cf() in 'default' output mode will now properly return the frontend display format set in the settings for Date, Time, Radio, Select and Checkbox fields, including when these fields are sub-fields of a repeater field. Props to Ingo R. for prompting this improvement.
    • Added mininum height to WYSIWYG field to fix the occasional rendering issue where a click was needed to trigger the field to be at it's proper height.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder:
    • Removed "Hide label" and "Required" checkboxex from Hidden fields as they are not relevant for this field type.
    • Removed superfluous < character and improve layout of description in the Default Value option.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager: fixed PHP warning that occurs in a certain scenario.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager: fixed PHP warning that occurs in a certain scenario.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Media Categories: fixed layout of the filter bar items in media frame/popup in certain scenario, so they are aligned horizontally and not vertically.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 31 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • ASE Free: updated Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Chinese (Taiwan)
      • ASE Pro: Hungarian, Polish

7.8.3 (2025.03.24) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Security >> Limit Login Attempts: added a limit of 1,000 latest entries that will be kept in the database. This should prevent the failed login attempts database table from growing too large. Props to @rodgeir for suggesting this.
  • [IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups:
    • Added the update_cf() function to programmatically update the value of one or more custom fields. Documentation has been added as well. Props to Rajeev A., Edwin L. and @zquadmin for prompting this improvement.
    • Added documentation for get_cf_info() to retrive the settings / info of one or all custom fields in a post.
    • Added support for nested repeaters in Bricks. You can now use nested query loops in Bricks to get data from ASE nested (parent-child) repeaters and their sub-fields. Props to Jason L. for prompting this improvement.
    • Added empty choice in the time selection dropdown with the label "Choose one". This should allow for empty value, i.e. none is selected.
    • Nested repeater body now has a white background to better differentiate it with the parent repeater body.
    • Fixed PHP fatal error when using Bricks template to render a related post's gallery field. Props to Aleš S. for reporting this and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
    • Fixed PHP warning related to options pages that occurs in certain scenarios.
    • Fixed padding issue when a hyperlink field is inside a repeater.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Duplication: will now properly duplicate ASE custom fields values, including values of sub-fields in a nested repeater. Props to Mareck, Richard W. and Thomas B. for prompting this improvement.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager:
    • added support for rendering ASE nested (parent-child) repeaters and their sub-fields.
    • added support for when showing ASE time field with no value chosen. Will now properly show blank value.
    • Fixed rendering of relationship, term and user fields in a repeater. Will now correctly render all selected items.
  • [FIXED and IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder:
    • Implemented field tags in auto responder subject and message. Props to Mathijs v.d.B. for suggesting this.
    • Added option to set custom footer text for email notification and auto responder. This should make it easier to write a custom text in the language you need it to be. Props to Mathijs v.d.B. for prompting this improvement.
    • Added #page_title tag as possible default value of hidden field which will be replaced by the title of the page where the form is being displayed on. This is useful for when you need to track where form submission is coming from. Props to Marcellus J. for suggesting this improvement.
    • Added option to set custom label for hidden fields. Props to Marcellus J. for suggesting this.
    • Hidden fields will no longer take up vertical space. Props to Marcellus J. for reporting the issue with screenshots.
    • Fixed "Hide Label" checkbox toggling does not properly toggle show/hide of the field label in the builder preview.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Media Categories: added an option in media library list view to remove a / all category from multiple media files, i.e. bulk edit / bulk action. Props to Tony H. for prompting this improvement.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager: fixed PHP warning and deprecation notices that occurs in a certain scenario.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer: fixed a couple of fatal error instances that occurs in a certain scenario. Props to Scott A. for reporting the issue with the error stack trace, which help with troubleshooting it.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager:
    • Added an option to compile SCSS or not for CSS/SCSS snippet as not all snippets contains SCSS code. Props to Jim R. for prompting this improvement.
    • Fixed a PHP fatal error that is triggered in a certain condition when a particular PHP snippet is executed on the frontend. Props to Dax D. for reporting the issue with the error stack trace and facilitating troubleshooting further.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 31 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • ASE Free: updated Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Polish, Norwegian, Indonesian, French, Dutch, Chinese (Taiwan), Albanian
      • ASE Pro: updated Romanian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish

7.8.2 (2025.03.03) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [ADDED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Smaller Components: added an option to disable the Application Passwords feature in WordPress. Props to DJABHipHop for suggesting this.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control: add an option to disable generation of intermediate sizes. Props to Wilbert S., @visedfaq, @bradhazel, Stijn V., Jake H. and @luislu for suggesting this feature.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups:
    • Added a new field type: time. This has been integrated with Oxygen (classic), Bricks, Breakdance and Elementor. Documentation has also been updated. Props to Jim R. and Rlaf L. for prompting this imprvement.
    • Improved color field. Color picker now supports transparency, which outputs the color in RGBA format, e.g. rgba(108, 19, 135, 0.9). Non-transparent color will be in HEX format, e.g. #333333.
    • Improved UI for relationship field. Posts are now categorized under the post type label, and the post type label preppended on the selected posts. This is especially useful if you have multiple post types enabled. Props to @yankiara for suggesting this improvement.
    • Improved UI for term field. Terms are now categorized under the taxonomy label, and the taxonomy label preppended on the selected terms.
    • Improved UI for user field. Will now include display name and email address. This makes it easier to search / filter users.
  • [CHANGED and IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager:
    • Added rendering of column values for the new time field in ASE custom field groups.
    • Added "!important" for the "overflow-y:hidden" attribute for the #list-table-wrapper div, to better guarantee horizontal scrolling will work when other CSS rules try to override this attribute.
  • [FIXED and IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder:
    • Added option to not save form submissions in the database. This may be useful for scenarios where privacy is of a concern. Props to Marcellus J. for suggesting this.
    • Added option to set which field of each form to use for previewing entries on the Entries listing page. This should make the Entries page more useful.
    • Added #page_url tag as possible default value of hidden field which will be replaced by the permalink of the page where the form is being displayed on. This is useful for when you need to track where form submission is coming from. Props to Ralf L. for suggesting this improvement.
    • Fixed an issue where Screen Options panel is gone from all admin pages when Form Builder is enabled. Props to Susanne R. for reporting the issue.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Security >> CAPTCHA Protection: fixed PHP warning related to displaying CAPTCHA widgets on the comment form as reported by @betaplus.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer: fixed a PHP fatal error when clicking on Yootheme menu icon, which uncommonly, links to an AJAX call URL. Props to Àlex M. for reporting the error with the complete error stack trace and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order: fixed a PHP error that breaks AJAX-filtering using JetSmartFilters. Props to Stijn V. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 31 languages:
      • Added new/improved translation for:
        • ASE Free: updated Ukrainian, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Chile), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Dutch
        • ASE Pro: updated Arabic, Norwegian, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese (Brazil). Polish, Portuguese (Brazil) and Romanian are 100% translated. Special kudos to Jarosław K., Valdemir M. and Catalin T. for the huge work of translating the new Form Builder module!

7.8.1 (2025.03.03) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Security >> CAPTCHA Protection: when CAPTCHA Protection is enabled on WooCommerce login form, also enable on the login form in WooCommerce checkout page. Ensure that after successful login, the customer/user is redirected back to the checkout page. This will override the settings added to the Redirect After Login module. Props to @betaplus for prompting this improvement.
  • [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable REST API:
    • ASE Pro: CAPTCHA Protection >> ALTCHA widget now works properly when Disable REST API is turned on. Props to Ivan C.d.A. for reporting the issue.
    • ASE Free and Pro: Contact Form 7 now works properlywhen Disable REST API is turned on. Props to Ivan C.d.A. for reporting the issue.
    • ASE Pro: Added an option to exclude certain routes from being disabled.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Log In/Out | Register >> Login Page Customizer:
    • Added a link to the haikei app when choosing 'Pattern' as the login page background. This is where you can generate your own pattern with a color scheme that match the branding of the site you are working on. Props to Wence W. for prompting this improvement.
    • The link to the privacy policy page will now have the same color as registration and password reset links. Props to Wence W. for prompting this improvement.
    • Added an option to choose login button color. Button hover color and button text color will automatically adjust to the chosen color. You can always customize in detail with the Custom CSS option. Props to Wence W. for prompting this improvement.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager: fix PHP warning in a certain scenario. Props to Dave C. for reporting the issue in detail and even suggesting the code fix as well, which has been tested and implemented.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order: fix an issue where custom order is not being applied on taxonomy term archive page using the (WP) core Query Loop block. Props to Greg F. for reporting the issue in detail and working together to find a fix for it. Much appreciated!
  • [FIXED and IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder:
    • Add a Plain email template (no header image). Props to Mathijs v.d.B. for suggesting this.
    • Made default field input background color white
    • Email notifications and auto-responder: ensure field tags work, i.e. properly replaced with the corresponding field value on email delivery. This also fixes the issue where auto-responder were not being delivered properly.
    • Email notifications and auto-responder: make sure line breaks are properly saved in form settings and are reflexted in the email content.
    • Choice field presets: update to options for the Importance preset for better clarity / less ambiguity
    • Dropdown field: fixed builder preview for dropdown field becoming empty when adding a new option
    • Address field: change zip subfield to be of the type text (previously it was number) to accomodate for various types of zip codes around the world
    • Website / URL field: improve URL validation method
    • Upload field: modification to frontend styles
    • Matrix of Uniform Dropdown field: fix an issue where the first option is not being shown in the dropddown.
    • Choice and Matrix fields: the options are now immediately draggable upon adding the field.
    • Textarea field: line breaks are now preserved in email notification and entry preview
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 31 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • ASE Free: updated Vietnamese, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, German, Dutch, Chinese (Taiwan)
      • ASE Pro: added Turkish (partial). Updated Czech, Vietnamese, Romanian, Portuguese (Brazil).

7.8.0 (2025.03.10) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [ADDED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder: Enable the creation of various types of forms on the frontend to collect information from site visitors or users or members (more info >>). This module should be stable enough but please perform some tests before using it on production sites or mission critical tasks. If you find any bugs / issues, please login to your account open a support ticket for it.
  • [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Security >> Limit Login Attempts: improved mechanism to validate IP addresses. Props to Ivan C.d.A. and @denisgomesfranco for prompting this improvement.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Log In/Out | Register >> Login ID Type: when login ID type is set to "email address only", logging in with an email address that contains an uppercase does not work. This is fixed now. Props to Martin H. for noticing the issue and reporting it.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager: fix a fatal error in a certain scenario when displaying the default Date column. Props to Alberto P. for reporting the issue with the error stack trace.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order: fix PHP warning that occurs in a certain scenario. Props to Dominik K., Simon S., Benjamin O., Sander d.V., betaplus, William L., @mmjaeger and Rick H., for reporting the issue along with the relevant error/debug log entry.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 31 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • Free: Updated Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish and Norwegian
      • Pro: Updated Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian

7.7.0 (2025.02.24) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [ADDED in Pro] Security >> CAPTCHA Protection: add CAPTCHA protection to WordPress default login, password reset, registration and comment forms and WooCommerce login, password reset and registration forms. Support ALTCHA self-hosted version (GDPR-compliant, open source, free), Google reCaptcha v2 and v3, and Cloudflare Turnstile.
  • [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices: fix for notices still showing on Hash Form form builder screen.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode: added an option to exclude certain URLs from the maintenance mode. This could be useful if you have a custom login page created outside of ASE. Props to Miriam M. and Julian S. for prompting this improvement.
  • [IMPROVED amd FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager:
    • improved mechanism to load original column title when an applicable column is set as such.
    • fixed a conflict with PublishPress Revisions plugin causing fatal error when viewing the revisions queue page. Props to Adam for reporting the issue with a screenshot and the error stack trace, which helped in quickly resolving the issue.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Log In/Out | Register >> Login Page Customizer:
    • Changed logo image options to site icon, media library (image) or external (image) URL. Should work with your existing settings.
    • Added automatic image dimension detection and image ratio preserver when using media library image. Props to Max Z. for prompting this improvement.
    • Added links to external tools to get image dimension and calculate smaller dimension when using external image URL.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control: add an option to set the JPG quality during conversion/upload of BMP, PNG and JPG files. Props to John D. for prompting this improvement.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Security >> Limit Login Attempts: fix IPv6 addresses not being properly detected. Props to Mathijs v.d.B. and Jon B. for reporting the issue.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order: fixed an issue where adjacent posts navigation (Previous / Next) is not being displayed when the Content Order module is enabled for post types that does not include the post type where such navigation is added to. Props to Glenn W. for reporting the issue in detail and facilitated the troubleshooting process.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Logo: fix admin bar logo link not linking to the homepage as it should when viewed in the backend / wp-admin. Props to Max Z. for reporting the issue.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 31 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • Free: Added Bosnian, Croatian. Updated Romanian, Polish, Vietnamese, Portuguese (Brazil), Serbian
      • Pro: Updated Romanian, Hungarian, Portuguese (Brazil)

7.6.11 (2025.02.17) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices: the notices counter in the admin bar will now be updated as you clear notices from inside the notices drawer. There will be a slight delay, about 2 seconds, to compensate for the various ways different plugins clear their notices and how long that might take. Props to Elmira T. for prompting this improvement.
  • [IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager:
    • add an option to use a column as the default sort (ascending / descending), so that when visiting the View All Posts/Pages/CPT posts, the list table will be sorted accordingly. Props to Justin B., Matt B., Lynette C. and Patrick K. for prompting this improvement. Your patience is also appreciated.
    • add an option to disable horizontal scrolling, which might be useful in certain scnearios where another plugin is not expecting the .wp-list-table to be wrapped in a div. Props to Klemen T. for reporting a related issue that prompted this improvement.
    • enable custom date time format for the default 'Date' column. Props to Julian W. for prompting this improvement.
    • fixed WPML's language column not showing the correct language flag when switching language in the admin bar. Props to S. H. for reporting the issue in detail and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Various Admin UI Enhancements >> Display Active Plugins First: fix a PHP error in a certain scenario. Props to betaplus for reporting the issue along with the error call stack, which helps with troubleshooting.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Gutenberg: fix for frontend block styles / CSS files not being properly disabled. Props to Stijn V. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Email Delivery: fix an issue that may cause fatal error in some scenario when trying to log email deliveries. Props to Martin H. for reporting the issue in details (with an error stack trace).
  • [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer: fix an issue where in Gravity Forms main dashboard, menu item(s) that are set to always be hidden for all user roles are not being properly hidden. Props to Robert D. for reporting the issue in detail and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 29 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • Free: update Norwegian, Polish, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Taiwan), Indonesian
      • Pro: update Indonesian, Hungarian, Polish

7.6.10 (2025.02.10) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Content Order:
    • when WPML plugin is active, the content ordering page will now only show posts from the chosen language. Props to Stijn V. for prompting this improvement.
    • added 'Order' button in posts list tables of post types where Content Order module is enabled for. Useful for when the 'Order' submenu can not be added to the parent menu that contains the link to the post type list table, e.g. LearnDash courses.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator: added a 'text' parameter to the obfuscator shortcode that allows for showing a custom text instead of the human-readable email address. This, combined with the 'link' and 'class' parameter, allows for showing the obfuscated and linked email address as, for example, a "Contact Us" button. Props to Antoine L. for suggesting this improvement.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager: improv rendering of the post list table when this module is enabled. Props to Jake K. for prompting this improvement.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager: fix styling issues when select2 JS and CSS files are also loaded by LearnDash and Hash Form plugins on the snippet creation and editing screens.
  • [SECURITY FIX in Free and Pro]:
    • Security >> Limit Login Attempts: fix Bypass via IP Spoofing vulnerability as responsibly disclosed by Bob, a security researcher for WPScan and Jetpack.
    • Utilities >> Password Protection: fix Password Protection Bypass vulnerability as responsibly disclosed by Bob, a security researcher for WPScan and Jetpack.
  • [CHANGED in Free] Security >> Limit Login Attempts: IP detection from a preferred header, e.g. HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR, is now also available in the free version of ASE.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> External Permalinks: fixed a compatibility issue that causes BeTheme template builder failing to load on singular template of post types that has External Permalinks enabled for. Props to PJ for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [CHANGED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Logo: Admin bar logo link will no longer open in new browser tab by default. Props to Henry R. for suggesting this change.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager: fix an issue where in a particular scenario, code snippets are not being properly stored as files to load/execute from. Props to Jhay B. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 29 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • Free: update Norwegian, French, Polish, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Persian
      • Pro: update Polish, Vietnamese, Portuguese (Brazil)

7.6.9 (2025.02.03) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Security >> Disable XML-RPC: added additional things being disabled related to XML-RPC, namely, the 'X-Pingback' header in HTTP response headers, closing pings and pre-emptively remove several XML-RPC methods. Props to David M. for prompting this improvement.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager: added the missing Pages as part of selection in the "Single Page/Post/CPT" conditional for loading CSS/JS/HTML snippets on the frontend. Props to Killian H. for reporting the issue.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> View Admin as Role: fix PHP fatal error in a certain scenario. Props to Dale R. for reporting the issue in detail along with the error log entry.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Media Replacement:
    • Free and Pro: added mechanism to prevent browser cache busting URL parameter being added twice when performing replacements.
    • Pro: fix an issue where in the grid view, media replacement is not working properly in Firefox / Zen browsers. Props to Justin for reporting the issue in detail and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager: fix date column showing 1 day difference with frontend displayed date. Props to Jonathan J. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer: fix an issue where submenu item's Hide / Options is not toggling the sub-options when clicked. This is caused by a conflict with the Float Menu plugin. Props to Christian for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order: fix an issue with LearnDash where enabling content ordering for Courses will not add the 'Order' submenu item. Props to Bas B. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 29 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • Free: update Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil) and Slovak
      • Pro: updated Slovak

7.6.8 (2025.01.27) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Email Delivery >> Email Log: make sure info on attachments in email delivery is properly logged, and also displayed when viewing the details of entries in the email log.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control: fix PHP warning/error that occurs in a certain scenario. Props to DJABHipHop for reporting this with the error log entry.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Various Admin UI Enhancements >> Display Active Plugins First: fix PHP warnings in PHP 8.3. Props to Bjorn S. for reporting this.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator: fix an issue where the obfuscated email address where there are hyphens in the domain name, will show a word in the domain name being reversed when viewed in iOS Safari browser. Props to Thorsten S. for reporting the issue.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager:
    • fix layout issue on frontend conditional's select2 input when a second select2 CSS is loaded by another plugin.
    • fix for missing Code Snippets menu in a certain scenario (roots.io Trellis setup). Props to Tim P. for reporting the issue in detail and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
    • fix for "Single page/post/CPT" conditional not properly loading the searchable list and allowing for selection of post(s). Props to Kilian H. for reporting the issue.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Pro version activation when the free version is still active will now correctly show a message with a link back to the plugins page on a sub-folder WP install. Props to Florian G. for reporting the issue, where the link was missing the /sub-folder/ in the link.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 29 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • Free: updated French, Hungarian, Albanian, Swedish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Taiwan)
      • Pro: updated Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Vietnamese

7.6.7.1 (2025.01.20) - ASE Free and Pro

7.6.7 (2025.01.20) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager: add support for Meta Box Lite plugin.
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager: add conditional logic to set on which part of the frontend CSS / JS / HTML snippets should be loaded. Conditionals include type of page, post type, single page/post/CPT, URL, taxonomy, taxonomy term, login status and user role.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Open All External Links in New Tab: fix an issue where links added via Elementor are not being opened in new tabs. Props to Stijn V. for reporting the issue.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 29 languages.
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • Free: updated Turkish, Spanish (Spain), Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian
      • Pro: updated Portuguese (Brazil)

7.6.6 (2025.01.13) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Logo:
    • add option to show the admin menu logo in the backend and show the admin bar logo in the frontend. Props to Max Z. for suggesting this.
    • add option to link the admin bar logo to the dashboard when it is shown on the frontend. Props to Max Z. for suggesting this.
  • [IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager:
    • add option to execute PHP snippet via a secure URL.
    • add option to set the load / execution priority / order for all snippet types.
    • improved reliability of mechanism to record error when creating / updating PHP snippets
    • fixed fatal error when creating non-PHP snippet in a certain scenario
  • [IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Various Admin UI Enhancements: add an option to open all admin page links in new tab. Useful for people who prefer this workflow by default, instead of pressing the Ctrl or Command button while clicking on a link. Props to Rick A. for suggesting this improvement.
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices: fixed notices being displayed on Pods plugin's admin screen.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Display System Summary: fix fatal error in a certain scenario when trying to load the dashboard widget. This has to do with a symlinked directory present in the WP root folder that links to a destination not defined in open_basedir. Props to Rado R. for reporting the issue in details and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [FIXED in Pro] ASE Settings >> Export | Import: fixed a bug where export was not working as expected. Props to David R. for reporting the issue.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 29 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • Free: updated Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Albanian
      • Pro: updated Czech, Spanish (Spain), French, Hungarian, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Vietnamese

7.6.5 (2025.01.06) - ASE Free and Pro

  • [CHANGED in Pro] ASE Settings >> Import | Export is now available on all Pro plans (SOLO, TEAM, AGENCY).
  • [FIXED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> View Admin as Role: fixed PHP warning that occurs in a certain scnenario.
  • [FIXED and IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager:
    • add option to execute PHP snippets on page load (always) or on demand (manually). Props to Theo v.d.S. for the prompting this improvement.
    • add option to execute PHP snippets everywhere, only in the admin or only on the frontend. Props to Gergo F. for prompting this improvement.
    • add option to execute PHP snippets via shortcode. Also add the shortcode in the snippets list's "Options" column.
    • fixed PHP warning introduced in v7.6.4. Props to Yoshihiro T., Mark K. and jman for reporting the issue with the relevant error/debug log entries.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager: fix an issue where if ACF select and radio fields are set to return an array, the admin columns for them are not showing any value. Props to A. Remut for reporting the issue.
  • [FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Media Categories: fixed a fatal error that occurs in a certain scenario when opening the "Appearances >> Menus" page. Props to Ivar S. for reporting the issue along with the debug/error log entries and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
  • [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 29 languages:
    • Added new/improved translation for:
      • Free: updated Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Ukrainian.
      • Pro: updated Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Vietnamese

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